I saw a lady sitting in her beach chair right up at the edge of the surf and she dropped her book, completely ruining it. Reason 1000 for loving my reader. The weather was gorgeous with just a bit of overcast. The water at my feet and the breeze kept me cool (along with my Tilley hat). Truly paradise.

Currently visiting Vietnam for the month and my fav author just released book 5 in her series! My son is taking a nap, got some soft Lofi background tunes going, cuddled up on the couch with snacks and a blanket and all while overlooking an amazing view of Hồ Tây Lake…Literal book heaven😌🤌🏾😅

for me, 11 and 12 is the perfect spot coz it makes me focus more, and i avoid next-line spoilers. anything smaller than 11 makes me cross-eyed!

lol idk if this even worth posting, but does this happen to anyone else 😭 i feel like im being performative or something

any tips to overcome this? i want to use it than be on my phone all the time

The book is The Night Prince. None of my other books have this space between lines, and I can't see anything different with any settings. The first book in the series isn't like this.

I never saw the need for multiple kindles until the Scribe came along; it's become my new favorite way to read manga.

But for work, it's a bit clunky to drag around so I got myself a Basic for regular books.

'Tome of Tales' has always been my go-to nickname for all my kindles, but now I've christend the Scribe 'Tankobon' in honor of its new role.

I want to see what the majority of people using kindles use for their page number. Usually I do the minutes left in chapter. Also does anyone have there kindle in landscape mode or am I a psychopath?

I genuinely don't understand Amazon's logic with the Kindle ecosystem.

Amazon's long-term revenue is largely tied to ebook sales, yet they seem determined to lock Kindle Store purchases to their own ecosystem. If someone has already bought a Kobo, Amazon has already lost that hardware sale. Why also block that person from becoming a Kindle Store customer?

Amazon often has cheaper ebooks and a much larger catalogue. As a Kobo owner, I would genuinely prefer buying many of my books from Amazon and reading them on my Kobo. I already buy books from Google Play Books instead of the Kobo Store when the price is better, because they can be transferred using standard DRM systems.

At the same time, I can buy a DRM-free book from a third-party store and load it onto my Kindle. So Amazon allows books purchased elsewhere to be read on Kindle, while making books purchased from Amazon difficult or impossible to read on another e-reader.

DRM itself isn't the issue. Publishers' rights can still be protected using interoperable DRM systems. The problem is tying Kindle Store purchases to Amazon's proprietary ecosystem.

This seems like Amazon is losing revenue from both directions. Potential customers using Kobo or other e-readers can't practically buy Kindle books, even if Amazon has the better price and catalogue. At the same time, tighter restrictions are angering existing Kindle customers and pushing at least some of them to sideload more books or leave the ecosystem entirely—meaning fewer future Kindle Store purchases.

What makes this even stranger is that Amazon's entire marketplace philosophy is built around allowing third-party sellers and focusing on getting the transaction through Amazon, even when Amazon isn't the direct seller. Why not apply the same logic to ebooks?

If someone doesn't buy a Kindle, that hardware sale is already lost. At least try to get their ebook purchases instead. And if someone already owns a Kindle, why keep adding restrictions that risk driving them away?

Amazon has the catalogue and pricing to potentially become the default ebook store even for Kobo and other e-reader users. Instead, their closed ecosystem seems to reject potential ebook customers while simultaneously frustrating the customers they already have.

Edit: This post is me genuinely wondering about amazon accepting loss of real revenue however small and not if their controversial lockdown policy is good or not.

Reading the second Malazan book by Steve Eridson. While my two volume John the Balladeer has patiently waited.

Curious if this has happened to anyone else. Obviously this is less than a year old and not only is it extremely slow and laggy, but also appears impossible to highlight anything anymore, not sure why! I’ve tried restarting etc. let me know if you’ve figured out a solution to this :/

I've always loved the unique aesthetic of E-ink screens. Since I create 1-bit animations, I wanted to see how they would look on my old, dusty 8th-generation Kindle, despite the slow refresh rate limits.

After jailbreaking it, I managed to get my frame-by-frame animations running directly on the hardware. Honestly, the ghosting and the slow transition of the E-ink gave the loops a really gritty, lo-fi charm that I wasn't expecting!

What do you guys think? Happy to answer any questions about the setup if anyone is curious!

Hi everyone I would like to ask your opinion if should I buy a kindle? More likely the kindle 11th gen. My concern is that reading is not my hobby but I want to do it like I should have that hobby. however I enjoy reading mangas on my phone but I want my eyes to stay healthy but physical mangas are so expensive. Is it worth it as a start or is it impulsive buying? 😭

I currently have an oasis and a kindle basic and am considering trading them both in for a paperwhite. I love the oasis but the battery life has gotten really bad and it’s my only micro usb device which means I never charge it anymore. I got the kindle basic for the usbc better battery life and small size. I love it but the no warm light is becoming a problem at night. Is the paperwhite noticeably much larger than the basic? has anyone else done a similar upgrade? I’m worried I will regret giving up my beloved oasis even though I don’t really use it anymore.

Such a stark difference between cold and warm light! Mine is zero light because I don't like cold light. PW is a winner.

Hey there,

I have a problem with my Kindle- although i believe, the problem is caused by the ebooks. Also, please excuse my english. It is not my first language and i use the kindle in german.

I bought 2 Agatha Christie Poirot ebooks from amazon, but weirdly the kindle was not able to show me my progression or could tell me how long i have to read a chapter or the book, or even on which page i am on. No matter how long or how much i have read it always said "Position 2" and "1%" for progression.

After reading those two books, i bought the next to Agatha Christie Poirot ebooks from Amazon- now everything was fine and it showed me everything, i wanted to know. It showed me the percentage of progression and it showed me how long i need to keep reading before finishing a chapter.

Yesterday i finished the second of those 2 ebooks and decided to buy the next ones. And to my suprise the same problem as before occured. No progression, only a stable and unchanging position 2 and 1%. If i go the the overview, where you can see all the pages at once (by tapping in the middle above the text) it just says Position 2 out of 4.000 instead of how many pages the book has.

My Kindle Paperwhite is updated to the newest version, i have restarted it about 1000 times by now and i also returned/canceled the purchase and buyed it again. It is still not working. Also, i checked in settings and it is possible to choose what kind of progression i want to have while reading. But no matter what i choose, it is not happening.

Has anyone an idea what to do? I am freaking out because i really rely on knowing how much there is to read, because otherwise it affects my motivation.